Hi Woolly:

It's really not significant that your WAV files
play through Windows Media Player instead of SOUND
RECORDER -- that's just how the file extensions
are associated with WMD instead of SOUND RECORDER.

What IS significant is that your HEARD the sound
playing, which means the problem is NOT the
speakers, so I suspect buying new outboard
speakers wouldn't solve the problem of the CDROM's
not playing.

It also means the SOUND CARD drivers are all
properly installed and working, or you wouldn't
have the WAV file at all.

Let's look at something else --
RIGHT-CLICK on the MY COMPUTER icon on the
DESKTOP, then select PROPERTIES, then DEVICE
MANAGER.  Scroll through the list that opens, and
see if there are any yellow "?" or "!" anywhere.

Somewhere you should see some evidence of the
driver for the PCMCIA card for the CDROM.  It
won't be the "PCIC or compatible PCMCIA
controller" entry under "PCMCIA socket."  There
should be another entry somewhere that
specifically shows that CDROM card.

Also, check 
START -> SETTINGS -> CONTROL PANEL
Double-click on PC CARD
and see if the CDROM card is shown in one of the
sockets.  If you have more than one socket, the
second one should be EMPTY.  If it isn't empty,
shut down and unplug the second device, and
reboot.  I've had trouble with two devices
installed before.

Jerry

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